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Philippines: Davao City 911 Cited for Saving Lives in Deadly Fire

Davao city: The city government recognized the gallantry and dedication of the members of the Emergency Response Center Central 911 for saving the lives of fire victims last Saturday dawn, September 7 in Kilometer 7, Lanang in a simple rite at the city hall grounds September 9 afternoon.
Emmanuel Jaldon, chief of the Emergency Central 911 said the joint rescue effort was made by the personnel of the Fire Auxiliary Service, Urban Search and Rescue, and the Emergency Medical Service.
He lauded the well-coordinated effort which saved seven out of eight lives from suffocation.“The team was able to extricate eight victims who were

Philippines: Achieving Unity for the Legislation of the EMS Bill

“Our collective role is to increase the awareness of the people we serve on the need to institutionalize emergency medical services (EMS),” rallied Dr. April B. LLaneta, Vice-President of the Philippine College of Emergency Medicine during the PCEM (Philippine College of Emergency Medicine) initiated meeting on advocating for the legislation of the EMS Bill (An Act INSTITUTIONALIZING A PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF THE PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE PROFESSION). Various EMS groups met last September 6, 2013 at Manila Doctors Hospital to discuss the pending leg

Philippines: Bantay 161 Switched On

Mandaue City government has integrated its emergency and rescue services.The Bantay Mandaue 161 was launched September 13 morning at the newly inaugurated command center located just beside the City Hall.
Under the new emergency response system, the command of the Accident Control and Emergency Rescue Team (Acert), Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (Eruf), Mandaue City Fire Station and different barangay volunteers groups have been integrated.
Emergency telephone calls from either land line or mobile phone will elicit an immediate response under Bantay Mandaue 161. The system aims to comply with the international standard response time of tw

Philippines: Cardiac Aid Pushed to Save Lives

A nationwide organization of cardiovascular specialists asked the Metro Manila Development Authority on September 26 Thursday to pass a measure requiring government and private offices to have their own defibrillator machines in the workplace. In a meeting with MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino in Makati City, Philippine Heart Association President Dr. Eugene Reyes said densely populated office buildings in the National Capital Region, including sports complex and barangay halls, should have an automated external defibrillator.
AED is a portable, battery-operated device used to resuscitate persons suffering from cardiac arrest.
“AEDs ar